This informative session will explore current challenges and innovations in the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of oral cavity cancer, with a focus on maxillary tumours, systemic therapies, and reconstruction.
Topics will include:
Participants will have the opportunity to interact with the presenters via a Q&A session.
Professor Ben Dixon is the Garnett Passe & Rodney Williams Professor of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Melbourne and the Director of ENT Head & Neck Surgery at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. He is the Head & Neck Research and Education Lead for the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Alliance.
Prof Dixon has a PhD in surgeon-computer interface design and continues research into the integration of technology into the operating theatre. His areas of expertise and clinical research include Head & Neck and Skull Base malignancy, including combining robotic and endoscopic surgical management with open techniques.
Prof David Wiesenfeld
Honorary Clinical Professor The University of Melbourne; Specialist Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, The Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Dr Alesha Thai
Head & Neck Medical Oncologist and Clinician Scientist, Austin Health and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Prof Jonathan Clark
Director of Head and Neck Research, Lang Walker Family Foundation Chair in Head and Neck Cancer Reconstructive Surgery; Chris O'Brien's Lifehouse
Felicity Megee
Speech Pathologist, The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Kim Lunardi
Dietician, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Meiling Zhou
Nurse Consultant, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
A/Prof Felix Sim
Oromaxillofacial Surgery (Specialist Services) Royal Melbourne Hospital
Ataia Elhage
Consumer advocate
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